Ointment



Ihvrrnn TATES DANIEL M. ALLEN, OF FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.

OINTMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,631, dated October 20, 1885.

Application filed July 27, 1885. Serial No. 172,807.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL M. ALLEN, of Fort W'ayne, in the county of Allen and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Ointment, of which the iollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved medical compound or ointment for the cure of diseases of the hair or scalp.

My improved ointment consists of the following ingredients, mixed in the proportions given, namely: Peru balsam, one dram; benzoic acid, one and one-half drams; oil of cloves, forty drops; alcohol, two drams; creosote, two drains; iodine, thirtyfive grains; iodide of potassium, siX grains; water, ten drops; vaseline, six ounces; calcined magnesia, two and one-half drains.

Theiodide of potassium is mixed in the water and with the iodine. The Peru balsam, benzoic acid, and oil of cloves are mixed with the alcohol, and the oil of creosote and iodine solution added, and then all is mixed with the Vaseline, the calcined magnesia being added to unite the fluids with the Vaseline, and then all is triturated until a fine ointment or paste is produced.

The ointment is applied by means of the finger on the scalp,until a good growth of hair is obtained.

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Before applying the ointment the parts to be treated should first be washed with strong soap and warm water, and then rubbed thoroughly with a coarse towel until dry. The ointment should be applied for five nights consecutively, and then washed off in the morning. The ointment produces a luxuriant growth of hair and prevents the same from falling out. It has also been used successfully in curing porrigo, pimples, VESlOllIiO, pustulie, squamze, eczema, lichen, itch, or other skin diseases.

I am aware that an ointment of iodide of potassium, iodine, carbolic acid, and water is old, and I therefore do not claim such invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire 'to secure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described medical compound, consisting of Peru balsam, benzoic acid, oil of cloves, alcohol, creosote, iodine, iodide of potassium, water, Vaseline, and calcined magnesia, about in the proportions given.

DANIEL M. ALLEN.

Witnesses:

ANDREW J. NIoKnLL, T. J. FLEMING. 

